# The Matrimonial Causes (Costs) Rules 1988, Part I: preparation


Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
High Court
County Court
ITEM
1 Writing routine letters
£3.25 per item
£2.90 per item
2 Receiving routine letters
£1.55 per item
£1.40 per item
3 Routine telephone calls
£3.25 per item
£2.90 per item
4 All other preparation work including any work which was reasonably done arising out of or incidental to the proceedings, interviews with client, witnesses, and other parties;
obtaining evidence;
preparation and consideration of, and dealing with, documents, negotiations and notices;
dealing with letters written and received and
telephone calls which are not routine
Where the proceedings were conducted in the divorce registry or in another court on the South-Eastern Circuit at the time when the relevant work was done:
£36.00 per hour
£32.00 per hour
All other circuits:
£34.00 per hour
£30.00 per hour
5 In addition to items 1—4 above, to cover the general care and conduct of the proceedings
+50%
+50%
6 Travelling and waiting time in connection with the above matters
£25.00 per hour
£23.00 per hour

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1328/schedule/2/part/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-costs-rules-1988/schedule-2/part-I
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.